Table 4.
Proportion of patients in ‘higher’ (compared with ‘lower’ two tertiles) health literacy tertile in CKD and ESKD groups
| Domain and description | CKD population | Dialysis population | P value* | ||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| HLQ1 Feel understood and supported by healthcare providers |
26 | 23.0 | 31 | 29.5 | 0.274 |
| HLQ2 Have sufficient information to manage my health |
30 | 26.6 | 38 | 36.5 | 0.113 |
| HLQ3 Actively managing health |
28 | 24.8 | 35 | 33.3 | 0.164 |
| HLQ4 Have social support for health |
22 | 19.5 | 39 | 37.1 | 0.004 |
| HLQ5 Appraise health information |
17 | 15.0 | 24 | 22.9 | 0.140 |
| HLQ6 Able to engage with healthcare providers |
33 | 29.2 | 39 | 37.1 | 0.213 |
| HLQ7 Navigating healthcare system |
32 | 28.3 | 30 | 28.9 | 0.932 |
| HLQ8 Ability to find good health information |
33 | 29.2 | 29 | 27.9 | 0.830 |
| HLQ9 Understand health information well enough to know what to do |
36 | 31.9 | 34 | 32.7 | 0.896 |
p values with a significance level <0.05 are shown in bold format.
*P value for difference estimated by Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables and by χ2 test for proportions.
CKD, chronic kidney disease; ESKD, end-stage kidney disease; HLQ, Health Literacy Questionnaire.